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Iron County, and perhaps the other southern counties likewise, commissioned these guards as deputy county sheriffs, and that did put a little "crimp" in the thieving operations. Thirty-eight men were convicted of grand larceny in the District Court at Beaver, and this was not half of the rascals who were operating their nefarious schemes. One man, Nate Hansen, was killed hy a deputy marshal who canic npon him pushing a herd of forty or fifty rattle up Stateline Canyon toward the Nevada line. As soon as Kate saw the officer, he put spurs to his horsc and tried to escape. The deputy called "halt" several times, hnt Hansen kept going. H e was shot dead, less than a mile from the line he hoped to get the stolen herd a c r o s ~ . ~ .\nother deputy, David Bulloch, who was Lehi's close associate, came one day upon fresh tracks of a band of horses headed for the Nevada line. Somc of them were shod aninlals and Bulloch suspected that these werc stolen from freighters on the road. H e followed the tracks into Pioc.hc and that evening found some of the horses in a feed yard. H e was told that a dark-complexioned man from Utah, and a wellknown Nevada horsc thief had hrought them in. Dave guessed who the dark-complexioned Utahn was, and went to the saloon to look for him. H e found his man standing at the bar ordering a drink. Bulloch wdked up to him and said, "Come on, Boll, I've come for you. We are going hack to Cedar City right now." Four men were seated at a p m h l i n g tahle nearby and heard Dave. 7'hc men laid their card? face down on the tahlc, picked u p their revih.ers. qtood up, and movcd in a half circle around behind Bulloch. \\'it11 drawn guns, one of them said, "Yon don't have to go, Boll, if you don't want to." Bulloch, a hluff Scotsman, said, "You're dogsone right, Roll, you're going to go and I don't want any trouhlc atmut it either." Rch hesitated a minute, and the gamhlen said, "What do you say. Rot]?" Boll said, "Fellows, this man is an old friend of my father and niother. and I have worked for him many times, he has always l~een square with me, and I don't want anything to happen to him." H e put out his hands to he handcuffed, and the gamblers sat down to the table to finish their game. Bob went to Cedar City without making any trouble, was convicted of grand larceny and served hic scntence. A remarkable thing ahout that arrest was, that a Nevada sheriff in the saloon who saw and heard thc whole affair did not lift a fing-cr to help Sheriff Bulloch because Bulloch wns n JIormon from Utah. N ~ I K of the horses were ever recovered? The Cedar people, at this time, r : r a11 of their cattle and sheep on the puhlic domain in the valley. There was a l a r ~ e hangout of cattle thirvrs at Desert Springs, almve Alodena. This group of rustlers was led hy a man named Butch Cassidy. The !pllg would steal the cattle from

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
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Description	Iron County, and perhaps the other southern counties likewise, commissioned these guards as deputy county sheriffs, and that did put a little "crimp" in the thieving operations. Thirty-eight men were convicted of grand larceny in the District Court at Beaver, and this was not half of the rascals who were operating their nefarious schemes. One man, Nate Hansen, was killed hy a deputy marshal who canic npon him pushing a herd of forty or fifty rattle up Stateline Canyon toward the Nevada line. As soon as Kate saw the officer, he put spurs to his horsc and tried to escape. The deputy called "halt" several times, hnt Hansen kept going. H e was shot dead, less than a mile from the line he hoped to get the stolen herd a c r o s ~. ~.\nother deputy, David Bulloch, who was Lehi's close associate, came one day upon fresh tracks of a band of horses headed for the Nevada line. Somc of them were shod aninlals and Bulloch suspected that these werc stolen from freighters on the road. H e followed the tracks into Pioc.hc and that evening found some of the horses in a feed yard. H e was told that a dark-complexioned man from Utah, and a wellknown Nevada horsc thief had hrought them in. Dave guessed who the dark-complexioned Utahn was, and went to the saloon to look for him. H e found his man standing at the bar ordering a drink. Bulloch wdked up to him and said, "Come on, Boll, I've come for you. We are going hack to Cedar City right now." Four men were seated at a p m h l i n g tahle nearby and heard Dave. 7'hc men laid their card? face down on the tahlc, picked u p their revih.ers. qtood up, and movcd in a half circle around behind Bulloch. \\'it11 drawn guns, one of them said, "Yon don't have to go, Boll, if you don't want to." Bulloch, a hluff Scotsman, said, "You're dogsone right, Roll, you're going to go and I don't want any trouhlc atmut it either." Rch hesitated a minute, and the gamhlen said, "What do you say. Rot]?" Boll said, "Fellows, this man is an old friend of my father and niother. and I have worked for him many times, he has always l~een square with me, and I don't want anything to happen to him." H e put out his hands to he handcuffed, and the gamblers sat down to the table to finish their game. Bob went to Cedar City without making any trouble, was convicted of grand larceny and served hic scntence. A remarkable thing ahout that arrest was, that a Nevada sheriff in the saloon who saw and heard thc whole affair did not lift a fing-cr to help Sheriff Bulloch because Bulloch wns n JIormon from Utah. N ~ I K of the horses were ever recovered? The Cedar people, at this time, r : r a11 of their cattle and sheep on the puhlic domain in the valley. There was a l a r ~ e hangout of cattle thirvrs at Desert Springs, almve Alodena. This group of rustlers was led hy a man named Butch Cassidy. The !pllg would steal the cattle from 61
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